Can a general fight on the strength of soldiers, who, he knows, have no faith in him?

Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.

It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.

Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.